Until October 2002, Bob was one of the main announcers at Yorkshire Television at Granada Media Group’s northern transmission centre in Leeds. His voice was therefore also heard on Border, Granada and Tyne Tees Television.
Bob started his career in television at the BBC as a cameraman in the early 1970s. After working at Television Centre for a few years, he was seconded to BBC Radio London.
In the late-1970s, he moved to Yorkshire Television in Leeds and worked as cameraman, researcher, promotions producer and, eventually, in the late-1980s became a continuity announcer, working with Redvers Kyle, Graham Roberts and John Crosse.
Bob also presented a weekly country music show on BBC local radio, and ran a full-time cinema since the 1980s – first at Pickering, and later in Wetherby.
He is the author of over twenty books, including two on the history of roller coasters – and a number on the history of radio, including offshore pirate stations, Radio 270 and Radio Caroline North.
He has also produced a detailed study of DJ Johnnie Walker’s contribution to pop radio – Johnnie Walker, Cruisin’ the Formats.
In 2006, Bob opened a full-time station – 107.4 Tempo FM in Wetherby.
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